At 17, Rachel Massey will be too young by six days to vote on 6 November. Read her views about the republic and what she is doing to advocate for YES at Women Say.
Maria Crowley, described as a mother of seven in The Canberra Times, has been participating in a survey of three swinging voters over the last few weeks on the local ABC radio station. Katharyn Heagney reports that Maria was originally leaning…
Maria Crowley, described as a mother of seven in The Canberra Times, has been participating in a survey of three swinging voters over the last few weeks on the local ABC radio station. Katharyn Heagney reports that Maria was originally leaning…
Senator Amanda Vanstone claims that Sir Robert Menzies would have been a republican if he had been born in the 1940s. Commenting on the campaign, she said that people had switched off to the republic debate because of their dislike…
In Darwin, Aged Care Minister, Bronwyn Bishop is campaigning for the NO case. In a radio interview, she says of changes to the Royal Australian Airforce, “Taking the Royal off and turning the RAAF into the AAF would cost a…
In the country of our current head of state, removing the system of hereditary peers sitting in the House of Lords is proving controversial – one was thrown out of the chamber during the debate after jumping on the the…
The Attorney-General confirms that women and men veterans who are receiving military pensions are eligible to be appointed as President after claims by a Queensland constitutional monarchist and retired judge that they would not be (see Section 44 of the…
Another poll published in The Australian confirmed the slump in support for the republic. Of 1153 interviews (city and country), 44 percent of women – compared with 48 percent of men – preferred a republic with a directly elected president,…
Polls show support for the YES case plunging with people switching from YES to undecided. Support for the preamble has also fallen but is still likely to be passed. Only 27 percent of women were leaning to YES for the…
In Canberra, Dr Pamela Ryan, organiser of the deliberative poll defends allegations by the NO group that participants were brainwashed and manipulated and that key NO spokespeople were dropped as panellists at the last minute. Kerry Jones of ACM said…
